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A Sonnet: To Calculus

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Far easier it is with thou to see
By use of thee and thy derivative
If our love doth move up or down -- easy --
But I believe us far less primitive.

I center to thy curve's x-intercept;
So well-versed am I in Newton's Method,
Thou givst me much more numerical depth
Than my graphing calculator e'er could.

Quickly I can look and see our limits --
Parabola swoops to infinity,
Plus f prime prime curvature within its
Upward accent of thy divinity.

I'm most aware: without thee, Calculus,
My education (nay, my life!) would be valueless.
This is how much of a nerd I am.
Of course, this really only covers the content of the first half of Calc I; note the lack of integrals, solids formed by rotation, et al, et al.

I'm taking Calc II when I start college this fall...maybe I'll write a new version after that one, and then another after III.

Written last December.
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Calc geeks yeah!!!! Calc is pretty awesome